Pyromorphite is named in 1813 from the Greek for "fire" and "form" because after being melted into a globule a sample will begin to take on a crystall

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Pyromorphite is named in 1813 from the Greek for "fire" and "form" because after being melted into a globule a sample will begin to take on a crystalline shape during cooling. Typically found as green to yellow barrel-shaped hexagonal prisms, in clusters or as druses on matrix. The individual crystals are often modified or etched, giving a hopper-like appearance. This lead chloride phosphate forms a complete series with Mimetite (lead chloride arsenate), and many specimens are intermediates between the two.

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